It was pretty desperate stuff last night. I think there were some positives, Berry (apart from the second goal when he lost sight of the man behind him) is neat, quick and skilful; Bhasera and Madjo play with a lot of pride and aggression; Cowan-Hall looked useful; Guerreri is quick and skilful; Luke Young may develop into a very good player--he looks fit, kills the ball quickly and distributes simply and accurately. On the negative side--where's the passion and the energy? Some of the players don't look fit. There were several times last night when Argyle had a throw in and our guys couldn't rustle up the motivation to move into space--when that starts happening you know something is fundamentally wrong. Like most of the posters on here I've watched a lot of football over the last 50 years and you can tell when things reach a tipping point. Young ex-players don't generally succeed as managers in my experience--particularly with the teams they used to play for--changing from one of the lads to a manager is a big step.
So everybody else has an opinion on Carl Fletcher so why not an Arsenal fan who has got caught up with supporting Argyle since moving to the SW? I think he has to go--Mr Brent needs to bite the bullet and recruit some grizzled old veteran (I heard Bruce Rioch mentioned--although he must be a 108 by now)--and money must be invested in quality players. It will be no good having the best facility in non-league football, particularly if the main source of income, the supporters, stop coming.
Good luck to the lads on Saturday--I hope they can raise their game.
Sorry to hear about Alex Macdonald's loss--he did well to turn up last night.
